Bottle-washer.



- D. NEILLY.

BOTTLE WASHER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.28,1910.

979,191. Paten edDec. 20, 1910.

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'D. NEILLY.

BOTTLE WASHER. APPLIOATION- FILED JAKZS, 1910.

Patented D60. 20, 1910.

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DANIEL NEILLY, OF BRADFORD, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOTTLE-WASHER.

Application filedjanuary 28, 1910.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL XEILLY, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, and a resident of Bradford, in the county of lilo Kean andState of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Bottle-ll asher,of which the following a. full, cl ar, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are:to provide a mechanism for washing bottles wherein is prevented thelateral discharge of water incident to the usual employment of a bristlebrush; to provide means for holding a bottle during the operation ofwashing; to provide a shield for the rotary brush employed for washingbottles, to prevent the distribution of the water contained in the saidbrush; and to simplify and economize the construction of bottle washingmachines employing ro tary cleaning brushes.

One embodiment of the present invention is disclosed in the structureillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like characters ofreference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which-Figure 1 is a plan view of a washing attachment constructed inaccordance with the present invention: Fig. 2 is a side elevation of thesame; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the construction as shown inFig. 1, illustrated in its operative relation with a bottle; and Fig. iis a cross section taken on the line t'l in Fig. 3.

The class of machines to which the present washing machine particularlybelongs is most adapted for employment in washing milk bottles, orbottles having enlarged neck openings. These bottles are preferablywashed by being immersed in a tank of water, and while partly filled,have introduced within the body portion a rotative bristle brush orother radially extensible washing tool. In those machines whereinhavebeen employed bristle brushes much of the same construction as shownin Fig. 3 of the drawings, the brush has remained exposed except whenimmersed within the body of the bottle. In this condition, when thebottle has been withdrawn from over the brush, the latter has voided itscontained or adhered water out-ward against dashboards, or other fendingdevices providedto confine the throw of the water within certain limits.The distribution of the water, however, has been sufficient tothoroughly wet the oper- Patented Dec. 20, 1914).

Serial No. 549,508.

ator who, when performing this line of work, is compelled to wearwaterproof clothing. This result is avoided in my invention.

A shaft 5 is mounted in bearings formed in standards 6, 6, which aremounted upon a table 7, or other suitable stand. Fixedly attached to theshaft 5 is a pulley 8, pro vided to receive a power transmission drivingbelt 9, whereby the shaft 5 is rapidly rotated. The shaft 5 is furtherprovided with a thrust shoulder 10 and a collar 1.1. The forward orextended end of the shaft 5 is tubular, and is provided to receive thereduced extended end 12 of a brush handle 13. In the presentinstance thebrush handle is of solid construction, and preferably formed of wood. Inthis form the handle is held within the tubular end of the shaft 5 bymeans of a screw 14. Upon the forward end of the handle 13 are securedthe bristles of a brush 15. While the construction of the handle of thebrush with its extension 12 is illustrated and described as solid, itwill be understood that should the shaft 5 be constructed from tubingand attached to a water supply system, the handle 13 and extension 12thereof may also be tubular, and provided with the usual arrangement ofperforations laterally opening, whereby the water may be deliveredoutward through the bristles of the brush. Any of the usual and wellknown constructions would be employed in such case. The position of theshaft 5 upon the standards 6 remains at all times constant, the saidshaft, and brush connected therewith, not being reciprocated in the saidbearings.

Under normal conditions the brush 15 is entirely enveloped by a shield16. The shield 16 is constructed of thin metal of adiameter sufficientlylarge to admit the extremes of varieties of necks of the class ofbottles for the washing of which the present machine is designed. Theshield 16 is provided at the rear end with a wall 17, perfo rated topass the tubular extension of the shaft 5. At the forward end of thetube are formed inwardly extended annular flanges 18, 18, adjacent tothe opening of the shield, and adapted to receive a rubber packing 19.It will be understood that the rubber packing 19 may be substituted by acoiled spring, the purpose of the packing or spring being identical, towit, to cushion the impact of the bottle A upon the shield. The packingserves to hold the bottle against being rotated by the brush 15. Theshield is fixedly mounted by means of ears 20, 20 upon guide rods 21,21.. The guide rods 21, 21 are extended through perforations formed in arectangular frame 22 to be reciprocated therein. Set out from theforward end of the frame 22 is a connecting tab 23, to which theanchored end of a coiled spring 24 is attached. The opposite end of thespring 2% is attached to a projection 25 set out from the end of one ofthe rods 21, 21.. The oflice of the spring 2st is to project the shield16 into position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, and whereinthe brush is totally contained within the shield 16.

In the operation of washing, when employing a machine of the characterdescribed and illustrated in the accompanying draw ings, the brush ismounted in juxtaposition to a tub or water containing tank. The operatorimmerses the soiled bottle A within the water of said tub or tank, andwhile the bottle is partially filled introduces the brush 15 within thebottle, depending upon the water contained therein for all cleansing aidto the brush 15. It will be understood that at all times the shaft andthe brush 15 contained thereon are running at a high rate of speed.Heretofore the limit of speed has been governed in large measure by thethrow or speed of the water as dis tributed from the bristles of thebrush after the removal of the bottle therefrom. No such limitation isnecessary in the present instance, as it will be observed that as thebrush is withdrawn from the bottle the shield 16 is advanced by thesprin 24: to infold the brush and to receive the water dischargedccntrifugally from the bristles thereof.

With a machine provided with the shield 16 it will be observed that theoperation of washing may be quickly performed, it being only needed thatthe operator shall grasp the partly filled bottle and insert the neckthereof within the opening of the packing 19. The packing 19 forms aguide and rest for the bottle so that the operator is not required toguide the bottle, but merely to press upon the same until the shield 16is retracted to the position shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, and thebrush 15 is completely introduced within the body of the bottle. It willbe observed that the brush 15, being thus inserted within the body ofthe bottle,

and the neck portion of the bottle resting upon the packing 19, thebottle may be swung about upon the rest thus provided to add anyparticular stress upon any portion of the bottle, thereby adding thenecessary strength needed for the eradication of adhered or gummyforeign substances.

To drain the shield 16 the same is provided with'a hole or series ofholes, 26, 20 formed in the under side of the said shield, as shown inthe drawings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is A bottle washer comprising a rotary brush; asupporting frame for said brush having bearings therein; a shieldadapted to cover said brush slidably mounted in said frame; and springsfor disposing said shield to infold said brush, said springs beingadapted to yield to the hand pressure of the operator when the bottle tobe cleaned is introduced within said shield.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL NEILLY.

1V itnesses RUFUS B. S'roNn, ELIZABETH OMARA.

